Last Name HIRST

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Meaning	Local: Local: At the hurst, a wood, a thicket. This last name has ramified in the most remarkable manner in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Hirst being the favourite form. In compound names, generally attached to words denoting a particular kind of tree.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Hungarian, Kenyan

Rank	8,554 (2000 US census)	7,899 (1990 US census)

Count	3,546 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.46%, or 3385 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.42%, or 15 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 16 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.54%, or 19 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.38%, or 49 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.75%, or 62 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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